Richard Farrell (piano)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
(Leader, Andrew Cooper )
Conducted by Basil Cameron
Brahms-Dvorak
From the Royal Albert Hall, London Tickets may be obtained from the Royal Albert Hall or usual agents
The atmosphere of the opening movement of Brahms' First Piano Concerto is tempestuous and even violent. It first took shape as part of a symphony, written during the tragic last years of Schumann's life, when Brahms must have been torn between his devotion to the master to whom he owed so much and his love for Clara Schumann. The Adagio, composed some two years later, was intended to be a portrait of Clara. A robust and lively Rondo forms the finale. The Concerto was first performed at Hanover in 1859, when Brahms was the soloist and Joachim the conductor.
Richard Farrell , the soloist tonight, is a young New Zealander who is playing at a Promenade Concert for the first time. When he was seventeen he won an important pnze offered by the Australian Broadcasting Commission; and after further study with Olga Samaroff in New York he undertook extensive tours in Australia, New Zealand, and America.
Harold Rutland